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NSSA ANNOUNCES 2011 AWARDS WINNERS

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Created on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 04:15

Written by George Commo

Commo Vermont Sportscaster, Haley Sportswriter of Year

Courtesy National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

SALISBURY, NC (January 9, 2012) – Bob Costas of NBC Sports and the Major League Baseball Network and John Feinstein of the Washington Post have been elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association’s Hall of Fame, NSSA Executive Director Dave Goren announced today.  Costas and Feinstein will be honored at the 53^rd Annual NSSA Awards Banquet on June 11, 2012 in Salisbury, NC.  The event marks the 50^th anniversary of the NSSA’s Hall of Fame.

Sharing the stage with Costas and Feinstein will be National Sportscaster of the Year Dan Shulman of ESPN and National Sportswriter of the Year Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated, along with 103 State Sportscasters and Sportswriters of the Year from throughout the United States.

George Commo of Northeast Sports Network is the Vermont Sportscaster of the Year.  Tom Haley of the Rutland Herald is the Vermont Sportswriter of the Year.  It’s the tenth win for Commo, eighth for Haley.